Note: Walking within hotel only

Arrive To: Check into hotel anytime after 3:00 PM. Between 4:00 and 5:30 PM, register with our program group leader in a designated area at the hotel.

Dinner: Dinner in hotel dining room from 6:00-7:00 PM

Evening: Program orientation and introductions in hotel meeting room from 7:00 to 8:30 PM

Lodging: DoubleTree by Hilton Santa Fe

Meals Included: Dinner

Classes: Santa Fe's History, Art, and the Santa Fe Opera/Exploration of Santa Fe/ State Capitol Art Collection/Georgia O'Keeffe Museum/Lunch at India Palace Restaurant/Attend Santa Fe Opera Performance

Note: Walking up to one mile over uneven paved and packed dirt terrain during the course of the day; standing up to one hour in Capitol Building and at O'Keeffe Museum; negotiating a few steps to get on and off bus; walking about 1 block between the bus and the Opera house

Breakfast: Breakfast in hotel dining room from 7:00 to 8:00 AM

Morning: Enjoy classes about Santa Fe's history and multicultural diversity, contemporary art, and the Santa Fe Opera.

Lunch: Buffet lunch at India Palace Restaurant

Afternoon: Visit the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and the State Capitol art collection.

Dinner: Dinner in the hotel dining room from 6:00-7:00 PM

Evening: Bus departs at 7:15 PM to take you to the Santa Fe Opera for tonight's performance of Verdi's "La Traviata." Honoring the bicentennial of Verdi's birth, the Santa Fe Opera revives on of his most popular operas. Glamour and gaiety are on full display in director-designer Laurent Pelly's vision of the Parisian demimonde, but so is a much darker side. Whle elegant gowns and jewels create a glittering tableau, the partygoers of "La Traviata" inhabit a cynical world of power relations. Making her Santa Fe Opera debut as Violetta is American soprano Brenda Rae, who has generated excitement in starring roles in Europe. Tenor Michael Fabiano is Alfredo, Violetta's lover.

Bus returns to the hotel LATE.

Lodging: DoubleTree by Hilton Santa Fe

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Wine and Cuisine Class and Wine Tasting/Rancho de Chimayo Lunch/Santuario de Chimayo Visit/Free Evening

Note: Walking up to one mile over paved and packed dirt terrain over course of the day

Breakfast: Breakfast in hotel dining room from 7:00 to 8:30 AM

Morning: Presentation on the cuisine of New Mexico and the growing wine production industry of the area from 8:30-11:45 AM with breaks. You'll also have a wine tasting during this time.

Lunch: Bus departs at 12:00 PM for lunch at historic Rancho de Chimayo. Lunch will be from 12:45-1:45 PM.

Afternoon: After lunch, visit lovely El Santuario de Chimayo, fondly known as "the Lourdes of Northern New Mexico" because of the 'healing earth' found in one of the rooms near the altar area. You'll also see some of the traditional area weaving shops and other local sites. Bus returns to Santa Fe by 4:15 PM.

Dinner: Dinner on your own tonight; your group leader can provide suggestions for your dining pleasure both in the downtown area and the area surrounding the hotel.

Evening: Free evening. Your group leader can make some suggestions for evening entertainment, if you wish.

Lodging: DoubleTree by Hilton Santa Fe

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Classes on Traditional and Contemporary Art and the Santa Fe Opera/Guided Backstage Visit at Santa Fe Opera/Winery Visit/Performance at Santa Fe Opera of Rossini's "La Donna del Lago"

Note: Walking up to one mile over course of the day over paved terrain with some incline (at SFe Opera). Walking up and down several flights of stairs during afternoon as well. Reduced activity backstage visit with advance notice. Walking from bus into Opera house and back (one block each way over paved terrain)

Breakfast: Breakfast in hotel dining room from 7:00 to 8:00 AM

Morning: Enjoy classes about the contemporary art scene, which retains much of the traditional art familiar to the area but explores many new techniques and ideas, and the Santa Fe Opera season. Classes are from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM, with two breaks scheduled during the morning.

Lunch: Lunch in the hotel dining room at 12:00-1:00 PM

Afternoon: At 1:30 PM, bus will depart front of hotel for field trip to Santa Fe Opera for a backstage visit set for 2:00 PM. This visit involves some walking uphill and several flights of stairs. If you can't handle the stairs, please let the Road Scholar Santa Fe office know in advance (505-983-0613), and we'll arrange for a modified tour for you. Afterwards, we will visit a local winery. Return to Santa Fe by 4:30 PM.

Dinner: Dinner at the hotel from 6:00-7:00 PM

Evening: Bus departs at 7:15 PM to take you to the Santa Fe Opera for tonight's performance of Rossin's "La Donna del Lago."

The brooding hills of Scotland have held a special attraction for composers starting with Rossini, whose "La Donna del Lago" was the first opera to be based on a novel by Sir Walter Scott. This dramatic tale remains Scott's best-plotted love story, and Rossini's most romantic opera. The incomparable Joyce DiDonato sings the title role, Elena. Acclaimed at the Paris Opera and La Scala, DiDonato has become today's foremost interpreter of this spectacular role. The cast also features two stellar coloratura tenors, Lawrence Brownlee and Rene Barbera, in the high-flying roles of Uberto and Rodrigo. Daniela Barcellona sings the role of Malcolm. Stephen Lord returns to lead this Santa Fe debut.

Bus returns to the hote LATE.

Lodging: DoubleTree by Hilton Santa Fe

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Morning Class on Southwest History/Visit to Pecos National Historical Park/Late Afternoon Class on ComtemporarySanta Fe

Note: Walking up to one mile over course of the day on paved and packed dirt terrain

Breakfast: Breakfast in hotel dining room from 7:00 to 8:00 AM

Morning: Enjoy a class from 8:00 to 9:00 AM on how the arrival of the Spaniards changed the Southwest, then depart at 9:15 AM for a field trip to Pecos National Historical Monument. Depart for return to Santa Fe at 11:30 AM.

Lunch: Lunch at the hotel from 12:30 to 1:30 PM

Afternoon: You'll have some free time after lunch to rest or explore more of Santa Fe on your own. At 5:30, there will be a class about contemporary Santa Fe.

Dinner: Dinner and program closing from 6:30 to 8:00 PM at the hotel

Evening: Program closing

Lodging: DoubleTree by Hilton Santa Fe

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: From 7:00-8:00 AM, we'll have breakfast in the dining room at the hotel. You may depart any time after breakfast. Check-out time from the hotel is 12:00 PM.

Morning: Independent departures from the hotel. Checkout time is by 12:00 noon.

Meals Included: Breakfast